Painter a master of brush work

4:02 PM,
Mar. 20, 2013

'Hope,' ink on paper by Bao Shan

Written by

Tom Shafer

Grateful Heart Gallery is currently exhibiting four lovely examples of Chinese brush painting by Chinese artist Bao Shan. Each piece in this exhibit is fluid in execution and bold in subject matter.

In traditional Chinese brush painting, the artist learns by using ink on paper how to depict objects and other characters that make up the content of a painting by copying the work of the masters. That method of learning has changed over the years, as more individual artistic freedom has been achieved by Chinese artists.

What remains is the visual spontaneity and energy that is packed into each ...